The Last Tangerine

CHOBO Live@Studio93H-1

Part 2. More Dance Floor-Friendly.
Live @Studio93h

CHOBO Live@Studio93H-2

CHOBO LIVE PA @HANDLEBAR 121315

CHOBO improvised live set @ 811 basement at late night;

CHOBO LIVE @ 811

Live recording of CHOBO @ The Rivoli on September, 1st 2016.

CHOBO LIVE @ THE RIVOLI

CHOBO Live Vibe#4 Teaser

CHOBO Live Vibe#5 Teaser

Live improvised electronic music using a variety of tools. 
Inspired by techno and house, but coming from the spirit of jazz.
Not everyone just hits play.
bbjcproject@gmail.com

CHOBO are Jessica Cho and Benjamin Boles. Using drum machines, synths, effects, looping pedals and other toys, they make live improvised electronic music, without the safety net of a laptop or backing tracks. Cho is a classically trained pianist, while Boles's musical background is as a guitarist, but both produce electronic music and DJ as well. They are not trying to make house music together, but sometimes that's what comes out. 

Their first sessions made them immediately realize they had a unique intuitive connection that could allow them to combine their loves for the immediacy of improvised live performance and relentless pulse of underground dance music. 

Setting aside their computers, they began experimenting with drum machines, hardware synths, effects, loopers, pianos, and guitars, and quickly developed a method of performance that brought the rhythms and sounds of house, techno, and dub into a structure closer to the jazz concept of improvising around themes. 

No two performances sound anything alike, and that in-the-moment aspect has also become central to their recording strategies. Rather than spending weeks editing together ideas, they simply hit record and start playing, putting the focus less on technical perfection and more on capturing the feeling of that specific time and place. 

That flexibility has allowed CHOBO to play a wide variety of events, from warehouse parties to jazz concerts to indie rock shows. Their song Tingkle Away was featured on the Nite Comfort Vol. 1: 2013-2014 cassette compilation, and they’ve also collaborated with Alixander III (of Toronto deep house band Azari & III) on the track Something ‘Bout You, released on Berlin’s Toy Tonics Records. They are currently wrapping up production on their debut album. 

